Minnesota Election Results

Few states have more at stake in this election than Minnesota, where two Senate seats and the governorship are on the ballot, along with congressional races where both parties see opportunities to make gains.

Opposition to President Trump is strong in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, but Mr. Trump nearly carried Minnesota in 2016 and he is beloved in other parts of the state.

Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat with a rising national profile, won another six-year term in her race against State Representative Jim Newberger. And Senator Tina Smith, a Democrat who was appointed this year after the resignation of Al Franken, was elected to serve out the final two years of Mr. Franken’s term.

In the governor’s race, Democrats retained a seat being vacated by Mark Dayton, who is retiring. Their candidate, Representative Tim Walz, left Congress and ran on a platform that included moving toward single-payer health care. His Republican opponent, Jeff Johnson, a state legislator who won an upset victory in the primary, promoted his support for law enforcement and backed construction of an oil pipeline.

Republicans see an opportunity to flip a Democratic-held seat in the state’s southern tier that they nearly won in 2016. The incumbent, Mr. Walz, is leaving Congress and running for governor. Jim Hagedorn, a businessman who narrowly lost to Mr. Walz two years ago, is campaigning again with the benefit of name recognition. Dan Feehan, the Democrat, is a military veteran and former Defense Department official. The race has been rated as a tossup.

Representative Jason Lewis, a first-term Republican who shares President Trump’s bravado, lost his seat in a swing district that includes Twin Cities suburbs and southern Minnesota farmland. This was the second time he faced his Democratic opponent, Angie Craig, a businesswoman. Just two years ago, he defeated her. During the campaign, Mr. Lewis was criticized for sexist comments he made years ago when he was a radio host.

Representative Erik Paulsen, a Republican, failed to win re-election in his affluent suburban district where Hillary Clinton won by nine percentage points. Dean Phillips, a Democrat who called for initiatives to limit climate change and supported gun control measures, defeated him. Mr. Paulsen had tried to distance himself from President Trump, but he favored the Republican tax bill and voted to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

Perhaps no Democratic-held congressional seat is more endangered than this one. The incumbent, Rick Nolan, barely won in 2016 and is not seeking another term. The expansive district, which stretches from the Minneapolis exurbs through the mining towns of the Iron Range, is heavily unionized, and for decades it was solidly Democratic territory. But President Trump is very popular — he carried the district by 16 percentage points — and his trade policies have lifted the region’s iron mines.

Pete Stauber, a county commissioner and former Duluth police lieutenant, is the Trump-endorsed Republican candidate. Joe Radinovich, a former state legislator who won the Democratic nomination, previously managed Mr. Nolan’s campaign.